William J. Carroll (1867-1904)

William J. Carroll (1867-1904)

Looking for information on William J Carroll born in Columbia, Richland, South Carolina about 1867. He later moved to Salt Lake City, Utah and on March 24, 1891 he married Emma Johnson in the 1st Unitarian Church. The witnesses at the wedding were Peter and Jenny Shegren.

William and Emma had four children, two sons and two daughters. The two sons married but died in their early twenties. They are buried in Salt Lake City, Utah in a plot owned by their step-father Harry Clark. The Shegren's are also buried there.The four children sometimes used their step-father's last name.

William Carroll was a Teamster in Utah. He killed himself in the courtroom in Utah in December 1904. The death certificate states mixed parentage.